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Drumroll please.....{blog challenge winners}

Can I have a drumroll please? The winner of the Reminisce Home Decor Blog Challenge is:

Patti J!

Patti created this fabulous altered votive holder with the In Bloom papers.

 

What an elegant home decor item! Thanks for sharing Patti! Check out Patti's blog: Cherish Each Precious Day.

This week we have 2 random participant winners-Sandee and Dana Tatar! Congratulations everyone! Please email your shipping address to [email protected] by Wednesday, October 5th to claim your prizes! And thanks for playing along!

Happy Mother's Day from Reminisce!!

To all the Mom's out there....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY from Reminisce...here are a couple of cards created by DT member Gina Hanson for this special day...ENJOY!!

 

Hope your day is full of awesome surprises and happiness!

 

Mother's Day Layout and Mini Album...

Today's In Bloom features inclued a layout by Lynne Forsythe AND a mini album by Robin Gibson!

First up, Lynne's layout....about HERSELF!

 

Lynne's comments about creating a layout where she was the subject, "I so very rarely scrap photos of myself as I am usually the one behind the camera. The In Bloom Collection worked sooo well with the photo taken of me, I just had to scrap it."

Next is Robin's mini album:

The inside pages contain a poem by Helen Steiner Rice that was printed on a vellum sheet, and Robin tore the verses to fit on the butterfly pages. Here are a few of the inside pages:

Thank you Lynne and Robin for sharing today!!

A Mother's Loves Layout

DT member Cindy Noesen created this layout about a mother's many loves...her children AND her parents. The In Bloom papers coordinate perfectly with her page design.

 

Thank you Cindy for sharing today!

Mother's Day Canvas

DT member Becky Kremke created this amazing Mother's Day canvas, using In Bloom. Love how this project can stay up well past Mother's Day and still be an attractive part of the decor.

Becky used an interesting technique to create her O in the word MOM...she fussy cut two alike flowers flowers from The Power of Flowers paper and gave them texture by dry embossing. Then she added a little ink, tied a knot in the end of some twine and then pulled it through the flower center. What a creative accent!

Thanks for sharing with us today Becky!

Grandma Grace Layout

Grandma's are moms too! Don't forget to document grandma's special place in the family as DT member Angela Ploegman did here with this 8.5 x 11 inch layout using a variety of In Bloom papers.

 

A close up picture of the flower detail:

The purple flower was created by cutting 2 different sized flowers from The Power of Flowers patterned paper. The petals were curled in and folded up and the smaller flower was centered and adhered on the larger flower using a pop dot.

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Mother's Day Week-featuring IN BLOOM

Welcome to Mother's Day WEEK on the Reminisce blog!

DT member Kim Holmes kicks things off with some cards for Mom using the In Bloom line:

and a precious spring layout of her with her son:

Thank you for sharing today Kim!

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TIPS AND TRICKS--from Scraps to Treasures...

Using every last inch of beautiful In Bloom patterned paper was what Meagan had in mind when she created these adorable paper bows! What a great way to stretch your dollar and dress up a gift or a card or an envelope at the same time!

 
These In Bloom scraps are just too beautiful to throw away, aren't they? Thank you  Meagan for sharing your idea!

TECHNIQUE-Floral Clusters

Lynne Forsythe created a fabulous layout with the NEW Reminisce In Bloom collection.

She shares her techniques for creating the awesome flowers on her layout below:

1. First cut out the flowers from the The Power of Flowers paper.

2. Then run the flowers through an embossing folder to add extra texture and dimension to the flowers.

3. Bend up the edges of the flowers to add some depth and that's it!

Thanks for sharing, Lynne!

 Be sure to come back to the blog next week....it's EASTER WEEK!

TUTORIAL-Altered Straw Hat

Tami Sanders created a beautiful Altered Straw hat with the NEWEST Reminisce release, In Bloom.

Here's how she did it...

1) Cut about 95 flowers from In Bloom papers.

2) Cover 6 - 2” to 3” chipboard flowers with In Bloom papers.

3) Bend up the petals of all of the paper and chipboard flowers to add shape and dimension.

4) Layer and adhere some of the paper flowers in the centers of the chipboard flowers.

5) Cut 2 – 2 ¼ X 6 pieces of kraft cardstock and 2 – 2 X 6 pieces of The Colors of Spring printed paper. adhere green side up down center of kraft pieces. then cut 2 – 1 X 6 pieces of Spring is in the Air and adhere light side up down center of green strips. then cut aqua flowers strip from 12 X 12 sticker sheet in half and adhere down center. Dovetail one end of each strip {one strip is slightly shorter in sample} and adhere to back of hat as “ribbons”.

6) Adhere chipboard flowers at back of hat starting with a row of 3, then a row of 2 above it, and then top with the last chipboard flower.

7) Begin adhering paper flowers around crown of hat, beginning with largest flowers, and working down to the smaller ones. only use a dab of glue at the centers of each flower to adhere, so you can easily tuck flowers behind previously adhered ones to layer.

8) Use as a centerpiece on a table or add a ribbon or hole to the top of the hat to hang on the door.

Details on which flowers were cut from which papers can be found in our Photo Album - Projects and Instructions (link on the left side bar).

Thanks Tami, for sharing your talent and directions!